洋洋得意 — Chinese idiom
洋洋得意
yáng yáng dé yì
Meaning
- immensely pleased with oneself
- proud
- complacent
Character by character
- 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
- 洋yángsea, ocean; western, foreign
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
- 意yìthought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, int
Idioms sharing a character
- 喜气洋洋 xǐ qì yáng yáng
- 土洋结合 tǔ yáng jié hé
- 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài
- 望洋兴叹 wàng yáng xīng tàn
- 江洋大盗 jiāng yáng dà dào
- 洋洋洒洒 yáng yáng sǎ sǎ
- 洋洋自得 yáng yáng zì dé
- 洋腔洋调 yáng qiāng yáng diào
- 漂洋过海 piāo yáng guò hǎi
- 热情洋溢 rè qíng yáng yì
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